Biden's tariffs BS on Chinese cranes are a bad idea

Agree: US Red and blue states agree: Biden's tariffs BS on Chinese cranes are a bad idea especially no US company or workers are making it, and perhaps illegal 美國紅州和藍州一致認為：拜登對中國起重機徵收關稅是一個壞主意，尤其是沒有美國公司或工人做起重機, 而且可能是非法的

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/

In an election-year move, the Biden Administration increased tariffs on a variety of Chinese manufactured products. While the tariffs on China's electric cars, lithium batteries, and semiconductors received a lot of media coverage, the new 25% tariff on Chinese-built ship-to-shore cranes did not.

But port officials from several states have filed formal complaints against the tariffs. They insist that they will drive up costs, and push container ships to friendlier ports in Mexico or Canada. Further, the tariffs are intended to protect US manufacturers of cranes, which don't even exist.

They also introduce a legal aspect to the problem. The Port of Long Beach points out that the Biden Administration does not have the legal authority to introduce new tariffs without full public hearings. The Trade Act of 1974, and Section 301 of that Act, is clear on how and when tariffs may be raised or lowered, and the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative lack the legal authority to put tariffs on Chinese cranes without full public review.

在選舉年的一項措施中，拜登政府提高了多種中國製造產品的關稅。 儘管針對中國電動車、鋰電池和半導體的關稅受到了許多媒體的報道，但對中國製造的船岸起重機徵收 25% 的新關稅卻沒有得到大量媒體報道。

但幾個州的港口官員已對關稅提出正式投訴。 他們堅稱，這將提高成本，並將貨櫃船推向墨西哥或加拿大更友善的港口。 此外，關稅旨在保護美國起重機製造商，而這些製造商根本不存在。

他們還引入了該問題的法律方面。 長灘港指出，拜登政府沒有法律權力在沒有充分公開聽證會的情況下推出新關稅。 1974年的《貿易法》及其第301條明確規定瞭如何以及何時提高或降低關稅，商務部和美國貿易代表缺乏在未經充分公眾審查的情況下對中國起重機徵收關稅的法律權力.